Internal solicitation of new business ideas and validation of potential areas of entry
First written in FY2016. 1 of 3 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2018.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Dropped".
- FY2018DroppedAnnual report
「Building a new business model (an integrated facilities business equipped for gas, plumbing and sanitary systems, electricity and telecommunications)」
The current filing no longer contains specific references to the new business idea contest described in the previous fiscal year or to plans for commercializing the winning ideas. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「To foster the corporate culture, we periodically informed employees about the process of preparing business plans to commercialize ideas that won first or excellence awards in a new business idea contest soliciting entries broadly from inside and outside the company, and conducted surveys.」
For projects that won awards in the idea contest, the company progressed to preparing business plans for commercialization, disseminating information internally and conducting surveys. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We held a contest to solicit broadly from within the company new business ideas and to validate business areas that could be entered, and worked to foster the corporate culture.」
Specific activities to explore new businesses under the direction of the NB Development Office.